Forensic Unit Director pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 33540
- Class code
- 33540
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forensic Unit Director is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 33540.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 01/17/1996.
What the state says the job is
This is administrative work in planning, directing and coordinating the total medical and non-medical functions and security requirements of a regional forensic unit located on the grounds of a state mental hospital. An employee in this class plans, directs and coordinates all unit administrative and programmatic functions associated with the evaluation and the twenty-four hour treatment, care, custody and control of unit patients, and to ensure the security and safety of staff and patients in the regional forensic unit. Work includes the development, implementation, and evaluation of therapeutic and rehabilitative programs and services designed to meet forensic patient needs. Work also includes arranging the provision of appropriate internal security programs and supportive services, such as housekeeping, dietary and laundry.
Examples of the work
Plans, directs, and coordinates all unit functions associated with the twenty-four hour care, custody, control, and rehabilitation of unit patients, and to ensure the physical security and safety of staff and patients. Supervises unit staff in evaluating and diagnosing unit patients' mental and/or competency for court trial status, treatment of their psychiatric disorders, and submitting recommendations to court for further disposition of each individual case.
Minimum qualifications
Five years of professional clinical or professional residential mental health care experience; which includes three years in an administrative, consultative, or supervisory capacity over a professional clinical or professional residential mental health care staff; and a Bachelor's degree; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training which includes three years in an administrative, consultative, or supervisory capacity over a professional clinical or professional residential mental health care staff.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.